We’ve all been there: accidentally stepping in dog poo on while on the way to somewhere important is never fun. But for many children, it can present a risk of zoonotic disease, and the roundworm Toxocara can have devastating effects …

The University of Bristol’s Dr. Martin Hurcombe (French Studies) assembled a focused team from the Universities of Bath, Birmingham, and Bristol, as well as an industry expert from Lesportif. Together, they brought expertise from French studies, Psychology, History, and the …

In the 1960s, Totterdown, a Victorian suburb in Bristol’s south inner city, had been devastated by the demolition of 500 houses, and the relocation of 5,000 Bristolians, in order to make way for an ‘outer ring road’ and ‘transport interchange’ …

What did the project involve? 

In October 2017, Mia, then aged 11, told the audience at a Festival of the Future City about buses in her home city of Bristol in England:

“My family don’t own a …

Flooding is a natural hazard that affects millions of people throughout the world every year. Fatalities from flooding occur disproportionally in developing countries, where difficulties in relief efforts are compounded by lack of information about flood and settlement patterns.

Flood …

With the profound changes brought by industrialisation to the nature of urban living came powerful forces that altered the way our cities are structured and shaped the course their development took over the decades. Industry brought pollution, which in turn …

Beaufort, South Carolina, and Bristol share a number of characteristics. They might be 4,000 miles apart, but the two cities share a common ground in terms of their histories – and potential futures.

Perhaps the most important similarity between the …

The experiences babies, toddlers and young children have affect how their brains grow and how they learn.  Children who live in difficult situations are more likely to be slow to speak or learn, and to develop learning difficulties or conditions …